Disposable lids and cups produce 40% of Starbucks’s packaging waste, CNBC has reported. Starbucks set a goal in 2008 to have one-quarter of customers use reusable cups by 2015, though the ...

That seemed like the least that Starbucks — which sells 4 billion disposable cups a year — could do. The coffee giant has the financial wherewithal to install gold-plated recycling bins in all ...

Starbucks fall menu returns 00:31 (AP) — For a generation and more, Starbucks' throwaway cup has been a cornerstone of consumer society, first in the United States and then globally. It has also ...

Current paper machine equipment can’t make a 100% recycled paper coffee cup yet, but equipment can incorporate more recycled fiber–as much as 40-50%–so Starbucks and other cafes could also ...

According to The Chosun Daily, Starbucks Korea phased out plastic straws in 2018, likely because of complaints about the ...

But Starbucks stores in South Korea will begin rolling out a similar program this summer; by 2025, all stores in the country will stop offering disposable cups. Subscribe to the Compass newsletter.

Inventing a truly eco-friendly coffee cup is no small feat, and the stakes are huge. Consumers go through an estimated 600 billion paper and plastic cups per year worldwide.

Starbucks is planning on revamping its iconic cup. AP. Today’s drive to overhaul the cup comes with an obvious business imperative. Producing disposable products like cups creates greenhouse gas ...

Starbucks is brewing up more sustainable coffee cups. The coffee giant began using a more environmentally friendly paper cup on Monday at select cafes in New York, Seattle, San Francisco ...

2.5 billion disposable coffee cups are tossed away every single year in the United Kingdom, according to Member of Parliament (MP) Mary Creagh, and Starbucks is planning a new initiative to see if ...